Supabase Cron + Queues

Postgres-native cron and queues

Free tier + paidAutomation & background jobssupabase.com

What it is

Supabase Cron wraps pg_cron for schedules ranging from every second to once a year, and Supabase Queues wraps pgmq for durable message queues with guaranteed delivery. Both are managed from the dashboard, callable from plain SQL, and consumable from Edge Functions.

Why it earns a slot

If your app state already lives in Supabase, this is the fewest moving parts possible: schedule a job and enqueue work with SQL, no extra vendor, no extra invoice, no extra dashboard to check.

Know before you commit

Supabase advises no more than 8 concurrent jobs and under 10 minutes per job: this is a database extension, not a compute platform. Free-tier projects pause after a week of inactivity, which silently stops your crons.

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Included on all plans including Free (500MB database, 2 active projects, pauses after 1 week idle). Pro from $25/mo. No separate per-job or per-message charge.

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Evaluate Supabase Cron + Queues (https://supabase.com/docs/guides/cron) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Postgres-native cron and queues. Supabase Cron wraps pg_cron for schedules ranging from every second to once a year, and Supabase Queues wraps pgmq for durable message queues with guaranteed delivery. Both are managed from the dashboard, callable from plain SQL, and consumable from Edge Functions.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): If your app state already lives in Supabase, this is the fewest moving parts possible: schedule a job and enqueue work with SQL, no extra vendor, no extra invoice, no extra dashboard to check.
Watch out for: Supabase advises no more than 8 concurrent jobs and under 10 minutes per job: this is a database extension, not a compute platform. Free-tier projects pause after a week of inactivity, which silently stops your crons.
Pricing: Included on all plans including Free (500MB database, 2 active projects, pauses after 1 week idle). Pro from $25/mo. No separate per-job or per-message charge.
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